Private Sector in Nigeria 215 indicators covering private sector for Nigeria. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Getting Credit total score 9 DB05-14 methodology 2013 unchanged 80th Getting credit (DB05-14 methodology) - Score 56.25 2013 unchanged 80th Getting credit: Depth of credit information index (0-6) 0 DB05-14 methodology 2013 — 122nd Getting credit: Depth of credit information index (0-6) (DB05-14) 0 2013 — 122nd Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14) 90 2013 unchanged 12th Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) 9 DB05-14 methodology 2013 unchanged 12th Getting electricity (DB10-15 methodology) - Score 45.57 2014 up 15.9% 171st Global: Ease of doing business score 48.34 DB10-14 methodology 2013 — 154th Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) 5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged 5th Number of female sole proprietors 91,307 2020 up 269.7% 11th Share of female sole proprietors 34.7% 2020 up 2.3% 49th Number of male sole proprietors 171,690 2020 up 257.0% 8th Share of male sole proprietors 65.3% 2020 down 1.2% 30th Number of female directors 65,986 2020 up 6.5% 5th Share of female directors 41.4% 2020 up 29.2% 4th Number of male directors 93,507 2020 down 28.9% 7th Share of male directors 58.6% 2020 down 13.8% 68th Number of female business owners 179,513 2020 up 24.4% 1st Share of female business owners 33.7% 2020 up 3.5% 17th Number of male business owners 353,893 2020 up 18.1% 1st Share of male business owners 66.3% 2020 down 1.7% 56th Lead time to import, median case 2 days 2018 down 82.1% 53rd Minimum capital for starting a business 0.0% 2012 — 27th Enforcing contracts, cost 32.0% 2012 unchanged 33rd Getting credit, legal rights index 9 2012 unchanged 3rd Cost of registering property 20.8% 2012 down 23.2% 2nd Closing a business, cost 22.0% 2012 unchanged 13th Closing a business, time 2 years 2012 unchanged 34th Closing a business, recovery rate 28.2 cents on the dollar 2012 up 10.2% 18th Protecting investors, director liability index 7 2012 unchanged 6th Protecting investors, investor protection index 5.7 2012 unchanged 10th Protecting investors, shareholder suits index 5 2012 unchanged 20th Dealing with construction permits, cost 417.7% 2012 down 71.2% 23rd Dealing with construction, procedures 15 number 2012 down 21.1% 20th Time required to deal with construction permits 85 days 2012 down 71.9% 48th ← Previous Page 4 of 4